2020 Remarkable! Season Preview — Texas Rangers

by | Mar 3, 2020 | Baseball, Fantasy

 

Welcome to our Remarkable season preview series for the 2020 season. Over the next three weeks, we will have notes for players on each and every team. The Rockies got us rolling on our second day of previews. We now head down to the lone star state and take a look at the Texas Rangers.

 

2019 Record: 78-84 (3rd in AL West)

 

Rangers PITCHERS

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Corey Kluber
  • Corey Kluber has allowed an OPS of just .578 (935 PA’s) against right-handed batters since the 2017 season — 5th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 242 total IP; League Avg: .725
  • Hitters have chased 462 of Corey Kluber‘s 932 breaking balls out of the zone (chase rate of 49.6%) since the 2017 season — highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 242 total IP; League Avg: 33.1%

  • Opponents are hitting just .102 (43-for-421) against Corey Kluber on low non-fastballs since the 2017 season — best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 242 total IP; League Avg: .192
  • Corey Kluber has allowed an OBP of just .166 (974 PA’s) with two-strikes since the 2017 season — best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 242 total IP; League Avg: .242

 

Mike Minor
  • Opponents batted just .179 (41-for-229) against Mike Minor‘s changeup last season — 6th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .233
  • Mike Minor averaged 104.9 pitches per start in 32 starts last season — 3rd highest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 94.4
  • Opponents had a line drive rate of just 20.1% (118/588) versus Mike Minor last season — 6th lowest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 22.8%
  • Mike Minor allowed a slugging percentage of .562 (36 Total Bases / 64 ABs) on low fastballs last season — 9th highest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .440
  • Mike Minor allowed a slugging percentage of .462 (61 Total Bases / 132 ABs) against breaking balls down last season — 3rd highest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .287
  • Mike Minor has thrown at least 100 pitches in each of his last 13 starts — Lance Lynn has the longest active streak at 24.

 

Lance Lynn
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .156 (28/180) against Lance Lynn on low fastballs last season — 2nd best among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .233
  • Lance Lynn threw fastballs 71.7% of the time (2,547/3,553) last season — highest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: 50.5%

  • Opponents batted .252 (32-for-127) against Lance Lynn on low non-fastballs last season — 7th highest among qualified SPs in MLB; League Avg: .190
  • Lance Lynn has thrown at least 100 pitches in each of his last 24 starts — this is the longest active streak among active MLB players.
  • Lance Lynn has at least 6 strikeouts in each of his last five games — Yu Darvish has the longest active streak at 17.

 

Kyle Gibson
  • Opponents batted .345 (142-for-412) against Kyle Gibson on pitches in the strike zone last season — 6th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .290
  • Opponents batted .321 (54-for-168) against Kyle Gibson with runners in scoring position last season — tied for 10th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .256
  • Kyle Gibson had a strike rate of just 61.5% (1,700/2,764) last season — tied for 14th lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 64.3%
  • Right-handed hitters had a miss rate of 34.3% (217/632) against Kyle Gibson last season — 7th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 25.5%
  • Opponents had a groundball rate of 52.6% (254/483) against Kyle Gibson last season — 9th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 44.0%

 

Jordan Lyles
  • Jordan Lyles allowed a slugging percentage of just .208 (25 Total Bases / 120 ABs) against breaking balls down last season — 13th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .314
  • Opponents had a line drive rate of just 19.9% (79/397) versus Jordan Lyles last season — tied for 12th lowest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 22.9%
  • Jordan Lyles allowed an OBP of .367 (251 PA’s) vs left-handed batters last season — 15th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .320
  • Jordan Lyles threw fastballs up 77.3% of the time (297/384) with two-strikes last season — highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 51.1%

 

Ariel Jurado
  • Ariel Jurado induced opposing hitters to ground into 14 double plays in 91 opportunities (15.4%) last season — tied for 12th best in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: 10.6%
  • Ariel Jurado allowed an OPS of .876 (541 PA’s) last season — 14th highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .744
  • Ariel Jurado allowed a slugging percentage of .539 (62 Total Bases / 115 ABs) on low non-fastballs last season — 2nd highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .314
  • Opponents batted .261 (63-for-241) against Ariel Jurado with two-strikes last season — highest in MLB among starting pitchers with at least 80 total IP; League Avg: .172

 

Jose Leclerc
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .169 (28/166) against Jose Leclerc on pitches in the strike zone last season — 13th best among among 104 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .217
  • Opponents had a Well-Hit Avg of just .071 (11/154) against Jose Leclerc with two-strikes last season — tied for 14th best among among 102 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .103
  • Jose Leclerc walked 39 of 299 batters (13.0%) last season — 25th highest among among 204 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 8.9%
  • Right-handed batters batted just .158 (21-for-133) against Jose Leclerc last season — tied for 3rd best among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .239

 

Rafael Montero
  • Rafael Montero has thrown his changeup 43.4% of the time (43/99) when he’s behind in the count since the 2019 All-Star Break — 6th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 17.4%
  • Opponents are hitting just .100 (6-for-60) against Rafael Montero with two-strikes since the 2019 All-Star Break — 15th best among among 107 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .159
  • Rafael Montero has walked 5 of 113 batters (4.4%) since the 2019 All-Star Break — tied for 23rd best among among 227 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 9.2%

 

Jesse Chavez
  • Jesse Chavez allowed a slugging percentage of .678 (99 Total Bases / 146 ABs) in non-two strike counts last season — 15th highest among among 104 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .581
  • Jesse Chavez threw pitches away 73.0% of the time (559/766) against right-handed batters last season — 2nd highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 49.7%
  • Opponents had a miss rate of just 18.3% (103/562) against Jesse Chavez last season — 3rd lowest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 27.9%

 

Brett Martin
  • Brett Martin allowed an OBP of .356 (180 PA’s) versus hitters not batting 3-4-5 in the order last season — tied for 10th highest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .310
  • Opponents batted .312 (24-for-77) against Brett Martin with runners in scoring position last season — 12th highest among among 106 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .254
  • Hitters chased just 4 of Luke Farrell‘s 34 elevated fastballs out of the zone (11.8%) over the last 30 days of the regular season (7 games) — 4th lowest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 29.8%

 

Luke Farrell
  • Luke Farrell allowed a BABIP of .115 over the last 30 days of the regular season (8 games) — tied for 12th best among among 275 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .278
  • Right-handed batters batted just .125 (3-for-24) against Luke Farrell over the last 30 days of the regular season (8 games) — 12th best among among 106 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: .230

 

Nick Goody
  • Hitters swung at 51.5% of Nick Goody‘s pitches (365/709) last season — tied for 23rd highest among among 204 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 47.7%
  • Nick Goody induced opposing hitters to ground into just 1 double play in 35 opportunities (2.9%) last season — 13th lowest among among 204 qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 10.2%
  • Opponents had a groundball rate of just 24.8% (25/101) against Nick Goody last season — 3rd lowest among qualified RPs in MLB; League Avg: 44.5%

 

 

Rangers HITTERS

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Willie Calhoun
  • Willie Calhoun had a Well-Hit Avg of .242 (24/99) on elevated pitches last season — 13th best in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: .162
  • Willie Calhoun missed on just 15.9% of swings (100/629) last season — 28th best in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 24.9%
  • Willie Calhoun went to the opposite field with just 19.0% of balls he put into play (49/258) last season — 5th lowest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 28.8%

 

Danny Santana
  • Danny Santana had an OPS of 1.308 (222 PA’s) in non-two strike counts last season — 11th best among 139 in MLB; League Avg: 1.083

  • Danny Santana chased 40.2% of pitches out of the zone (268/666) against RHP last season — 8th highest in MLB; League Avg: 28.5%
  • Danny Santana had a K:BB ratio of 6.0 (151/25) last season — 3rd highest in MLB; League Avg: 2.2
  • Danny Santana batted .465 (33-for-71) when facing the starting pitcher for the 3rd time in a game last season — best in MLB; League Avg: .284

 

Joey Gallo
  • Joey Gallo had 22 HRs in just 241 ABs (11 AB/HR) last season — 3rd best AB per HR rate in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 22.8
  • Joey Gallo had an OPS of .986 (297 PA’s) last season — 9th best in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: .791
  • Joey Gallo missed on 41.4% of swings (221/534) last season — highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 24.9%
  • Joey Gallo struck out 114 times in 297 PA’s (38.4%) last season — 2nd highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 21.6%
  • Joey Gallo drew 52 walks in 297 PA’s (17.5%) last season — 3rd best in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 8.8%

 

Shin-Soo Choo
  • Shin-Soo Choo put just 20.1% of his swings in play (56/279) on low non-fastballs last season — 4th lowest in MLB; League Avg: 32.2%
  • Shin-Soo Choo is batting .376 (123-for-327) on fastballs away since the 2017 season — best in MLB; League Avg: .287
  • Shin-Soo Choo had a Well-Hit Avg of .478 (32/67) on the first pitch of at-bats last season — best in MLB; League Avg: .303

 

Ronald Guzman
  • Ronald Guzman had a groundball batting average of just .152 (10 GB hits out of 66 GBs) last season — 16th lowest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: .250
  • Ronald Guzman had 30 extra-base hits out of 56 total hits (53.6%) last season — 14th best in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 39.1%

 

Rougned Odor
  • Rougned Odor slugged just .315 (46 total bases in 146 ABs) on inside pitches last season — 8th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .474
  • Rougned Odor slugged .689 (93 total bases in 135 ABs) with runners in scoring position last season — 6th best in MLB; League Avg: .493

  • Rougned Odor batted just .205 (107-for-522) last season — lowest in MLB; League Avg: .273

 

Elvis Andrus
  • Elvis Andrus drew 34 walks in 648 PA’s (5.2%) last season — tied for 14th lowest among 139 in MLB; League Avg: 9.2%
  • Elvis Andrus had 43 extra-base hits out of 165 total hits (just 26.1%) last season — tied for 10th lowest in MLB; League Avg: 39.7%
  • Elvis Andrus had a Well-Hit Avg of just .051 (6/117) against breaking balls down last season — 5th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .134

 

Todd Frazier
  • Todd Frazier slugged .664 (77 total bases in 116 ABs) on pitches 94 mph or greater last season — 10th best in MLB; League Avg: .489
  • Todd Frazier pulled 54.8% of balls he’s put into play (187/341) last season — tied for 8th highest in MLB; League Avg: 46.3%
  • Todd Frazier slugged just .279 (53 total bases in 190 ABs) on non-fastballs last season — 5th lowest in MLB; League Avg: .426

 

Robinson Chirinos
  • Robinson Chirinos batted just .225 (39-for-173) on fastballs against RHP last season — tied for 6th lowest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: .285
  • Robinson Chirinos put just 16.7% of his swings in play (46/275) on elevated pitches last season — 2nd lowest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 30.0%
  • Robinson Chirinos missed on 33.7% of swings (274/814) last season — 25th highest in MLB among hitters with at least 241 total PA’s; League Avg: 24.9%

 

 

 

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